Bug 356590

Summary:	Most changes to file associations are not saved
Product:	[Applications] systemsettings	Reporter:	tguen <tguenther.dev>
Component:	kcm_filetypes	Assignee:	David Faure <faure>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	aspotashev, wbauer1
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.5.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description tguen 2015-12-13 10:49:25 UTC

If I change filename patterns or description for a file association, or create any new associations, they are forgotten as soon as I close the file associations menu. 

Any changes to application preference are saved. When these changes are saved I get a popup that says "updating system configuration" for a fraction of a second. This doesn't appear when I click apply after changing filename patterns or description.

I made a clean install of Arch with Plasma 5.5 in Virtualbox and was able to reproduce the bug.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open system settings, click applications then file associations tab
2. Search for png and select it
3. In filename patterns section, click add, enter '*.newextension' in the textbox
4. Click apply button
5. Click All Settings button in top left corner
6. Click applications then file associations tab
7. Search for png, select it, check filename patterns

Actual Results:  
'*.newextension' is no longer there

Expected Results:  
changes are saved

Comment 1 Wolfgang Bauer 2016-06-20 22:36:52 UTC

Sounds a bit like bug#356237 to me...

Please try to create the folder ~/.local/share/mime/packages, does that "fix" it?

Comment 2 tguen 2016-06-25 06:51:24 UTC

I just checked, the packages folder already exists. I renamed it and tried to reproduce the bug. It created a new packages folder and saved my changes so I'm marking the bug resolved.